From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andy Shevchenko Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/16] mfd: mfd-core: match device tree node against reg property Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 19:03:36 +0300 Message-ID: <20200526160336.GV1634618@smile.fi.intel.com> References: <20200423174543.17161-1-michael@walle.cc> <20200423174543.17161-4-michael@walle.cc> <67e90dafd67c285158c2c6f67f92edb7@walle.cc> <20200515102848.GH271301@dell> <159e68b4ce53630ef906b2fcbca925bd@walle.cc> <20200526072427.GC3628@dell> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mga14.intel.com ([192.55.52.115]:3709 "EHLO mga14.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728337AbgEZQDn (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 May 2020 12:03:43 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-pwm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-pwm@vger.kernel.org To: Michael Walle Cc: Lee Jones , Linus Walleij , Bartosz Golaszewski , Rob Herring , Jean Delvare , Guenter Roeck , Thierry Reding , Uwe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kleine-K=F6nig?= , Wim Van Sebroeck , Shawn Guo , Li Yang , Thomas Gleixner , Jason Cooper , Marc Zyngier , Mark Brown , Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org, linux-pw On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 05:54:38PM +0200, Michael Walle wrote: > Am 2020-05-26 09:24, schrieb Lee Jones: ... > Like I said, in the long term I would like to have support for > different versions of the board management controller > without having to change the device tree and have device tree bindings for the > subdevices at the same time. But isn't device tree to describe *very specific platform* rather than *class of platforms*? > But it seems, that this is not possible > and I guess I have to bite the bullet and may need to provide another > device tree if the controller might be updated. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko